Alexander carson biography

      Carson, Alex., LL.D., of Tubbermore, County Londonderry, Ireland, was born not far from Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1776.

The family is of Scotch origin, and probably came to the north of Ireland in the time of James I., when the people who have built Belfast and Derry, and who now make linen for the world, first accepted an Irish for their Scottish home.

The region around his birthplace has been desolated many times since the Scotch settlement of Ulster by Irish rebellions and massacres, and by popish treachery and cruelty. Opposition to Rome burns more fiercely over that locality than perhaps in any other section of Europe.

      Alexander Carson in early life was called into sacred relations with the Redeemer, and from that hour he became a decided Christian. At the University of Glasgow he was proverbial for his diligence, and for the tho